Using the eye dropper tool with making hard mask

[John D.]

This tip may have been covered in Joels training. When making hard mask and using the rectangular tool to subtract areas from the mask , I use the eye dropper tool to see if the area to be subtracted is completely black. I check the area and determine the areas that are 99% black and subtract it. I have found I was subtraction areas I thought were black but we not. This is also helpful in not over applying the "amplify" feature to the mask area leading to possible bad edges.